Fulminate — Ful mi*nate, n. [Cf. P. fulminate. See {Fulminate}, v. i.] (Chem.) (a) A salt of fulminic acid. See under {Fulminic}. (b) A fulminating powder. [1913 Webster] {Fulminate of gold}, an explosive compound of gold; called also {fulminating gold}, and … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

Fulminate — Ful mi*nate, v. t. 1. To cause to explode. Sprat. [1913 Webster] 2. To utter or send out with denunciations or censures; said especially of menaces or censures uttered by ecclesiastical authority. [1913 Webster] They fulminated the most hostile… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English